π After the play-off matches that were played in the UEFA Champions League tonight, three teams will participate in the Champions League for the first time in their history.
History has been made – Three clubs have protected the Champions League for the first time!
β π°πΏ kairat
β π³π΄ π³π΄ BodΓΈ/Glimt
β π¨πΎ pafos
π¨ Three clubs are out!
β π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Celtic
β π¦πΉ sturm graz
β π·πΈ crvena zvezda
BodΓΈ Glimt – Norway
BodΓΈ Glimt qualifies for the first time in its history at the Champions League after beating Sturm Graz. It had to play the provisional phase for the fourth time to overcome it.
Last year it reached the semi -final of the Europa League. This is a team that fights relegation years ago, but after a serious new project it now dominates Norwegian football and competes in Europe. It is one of my favorite teams.
FC Kairat – Kazakhstan
The Kazakh side reaches the competition phase of the Champions League for the first time after the 21-year-old Temirlan Anarbekov has saved three penalties in a shootout victory on the powerful Celtic.
To be mentioned, the second city of Kazakhstan is so far to the east that it is 4,500 km from Central Europe and even further east than the western border of China.
There are only two teams from Kazakhstan once qualified for the UEFA Champions League …
β’ FC Astana (2015/16)
β’ FC Kairat (2025/26)
Pafos FC – Cyprus
Pafos insured the Champions League with an incredible goal scored in the 89th minute.
The latest phase of the rise of Pafos FC π¨πΎ, a provincial Cypriot club that has been running to the highest level of the domestic game, will soon be completed.
They had only played in Europe last season, and now as reigning Cypriot champions, they are on schedule to earn a hat trick from Champions League-qualifying scalps and to reach the elite of the competition phase.